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39th year  -  N° 88                 Thursday, 28 March 2024         Antwerpen		
Sakthi Kodu Vel Ayya
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Monday 15th of May 1972

52 years ago



Student and hero of the Lithuanian resistance Romas Kalanta aka The Young Man with the Mesmerizing Eyes commits suicide by self-immolation at the age of 19 in Laisvės Alėja, Kaunas, Trakai Voivodeship, Lithuania.


Kalanta's suicide was a protest against the occupation of Lithuania by the USSR.